Cowbells: Mahler, Messiaen, and Bill Bailey

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Mahler, a constant inspiration, got me exploring cowbells (wiki: here and here). For Mahler they represented a far-away realm, "the last greeting from earth to penetrate the remote solitude of the mountain peaks"—suggesting Chinese poetry and painting (cf. Das Lied von der Erde). He uses them in the 6th symphony, most strikingly (sic) in the…